Light pollution in Iraq

19 cities · estimated Bortle class at each city centre

14 of 19 cities read Bortle 8–9 · 5 of 19 cities read Bortle 7–8. The darkest city centre on the list is Ramadi (Bortle 7–8).

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Cities, brightest first

#	City	Bortle (est.)	Brightness	2 classes darker
1	Baghdad	8–9	255	~25 km ENE
2	Basrah	8–9	255	~25 km NE
3	Abū Ghurayb	8–9	255	~25 km WNW
4	Al Madīnah	8–9	255	~25 km WSW
5	Al Maḩmūdīyah	8–9	255	~25 km SW
6	Erbil	8–9	255	~25 km ESE
7	Kirkuk	8–9	255	~25 km NE
8	Al Hillah	8–9	255	~25 km SSE
9	Karbala	8–9	255	~25 km W
10	Najaf	8–9	255	~25 km W
11	Nasiriyah	8–9	255	~25 km SSW
12	Al ‘Amārah	8–9	255	~25 km W
13	Sulaymaniyah	8–9	255	~25 km ENE
14	Al-Kut	8–9	255	~25 km NE
15	Dihok	7–8	255	~25 km SSW
16	Al Diwaniyah	7–8	255	~25 km SE
17	Al Mawşil al Jadīdah	7–8	243	~25 km SSW
18	Kelar	7–8	255	~25 km NNE
19	Ramadi	7–8	252	~25 km SE

Brightness is the NASA VIIRS Black Marble 2016 value at the city centre on a 0–255 scale; 255 is saturated. Cities are ordered by estimated sky brightness, which also counts the light within 30 km.